US-SSH: Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory
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| PI: | Kenneth J. Davis kjd10@psu.edu - Department of Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, the Pennsylvania University |
| FluxContact: | Yuning Shi yshi@psu.edu - Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University |
| FluxContact: | Yuting He Smeglin heyuting.iap@gmail.com - Penn State University |
| DataManager: | Brandon Forsythe brf11@psu.edu - Penn State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute |
| Lat, Long: | 40.6658, -77.9041 |
| Elevation(m): | 310 |
| Network Affiliations: | AmeriFlux, Phenocam |
| Vegetation IGBP: | DBF (Deciduous Broadleaf Forests: Lands dominated by woody vegetation with a percent cover >60% and height exceeding 2 meters. Consists of broadleaf tree communities with an annual cycle of leaf-on and leaf-off periods.) |
| Climate Koeppen: | Dfb (Warm Summer Continental: significant precipitation in all seasons ) |
| Mean Annual Temp (°C): | 9.5 |
| Mean Annual Precip. (mm): | 1050 |
| Flux Species Measured: | CO2, H, H2O, Other |
| Years Data Collected: | 2009 - Present |
| Years Data Available: | AmeriFlux BASE 2016 - 2021 Data Citation AmeriFlux FLUXNET 2016 - 2021 Data Citation |
| Data Use Policy: | AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1 |
| Description: | |
| URL: | http://www.czo.psu.edu/data_surfflux.html |
| Research Topics: | Understanding of pathways and fluxes of water and carbon in the watershed |
| Acknowledgment: | Logistical support and/or data were provided by the NSF-supported Shale Hills Susquehanna Critical Zone Observatory. Financial Support was provided by National Science Foundation Grant EAR – 0725019 (C. Duffy), EAR – 1239285 (S. Brantley), and EAR – 1331726 (S. Brantley) for the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Logistical support and/or data were provided by the NSF-supported Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Additional financial support was provided by The Pennsylvania State University’s Colleges of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Engineering, and the Institutes of Energy and the Environment. This research was conducted in Penn State's Stone Valley Forest, which is funded by the Penn State College of Agriculture Sciences, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and managed by the staff of the Forestlands Management Office. |
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Citation: Brandon R. Forsythe, Jason Horne, Kenneth J. Davis (2022), AmeriFlux BASE US-SSH Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Ver. 1-5, AmeriFlux AMP, (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1880916 - AmeriFlux FLUXNET: https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/2469471
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Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory tower - 30 meters
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| 2018 | Brantley, S. L., White, T., West, N., Williams, J. Z., Forsythe, B., Shapich, D., Kaye, J., Lin, H., Shi, Y., Kaye, M., Herndon, E., Davis, K. J., He, Y., Eissenstat, D., Weitzman, J., DiBiase, R., Li, L., Reed, W., Brubaker, K., Gu, X. (2018) Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills In The Context Of Shaver’S Creek Watershed, Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.04.0092 |
| 2013 | Shi, Y., Davis, K. J., Duffy, C. J., Yu, X. (2013) Development Of A Coupled Land Surface Hydrologic Model And Evaluation At A Critical Zone Observatory, Journal Of Hydrometeorology, 14(5), 1401-1420. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-12-0145.1 |
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